Union suit or combination-garment.



E. H.DAVIS0N m1, L. DUMMER'. L UNION SUIT 0R COMBINATION GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED N0 "].Q,1912.

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vPausentel Apu, 7, 1914 A CORPORATION.

Loaasoa. yI Y osIERY COMPANY,

Sp ecicaton of Letters Patent.

UNION SUIT OR COMBINATION-GARMENT.

Patented apr. t, ieri.

Application filed November 9, 1912. Serial No. 730,354.

To all wliom it may concern:

Be it known that we, EDWARD H. DAVI- soN and EDWARD L. DUMMER, citizensof the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartfordand State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Union Suits or Combination-Garments, of which thefollowing is a specification. y

ur invention relates to `improvements in lunion suits or combinationgarments, and

the objects of our improvements are ease and comfort of the wearer withfreedom from undue strain onthe seams ofthe suit, and otherwiserendering the suit more durable. lIn the accompanying drawing:`r Figure1 is afront View of a union suit constructed in accordance with ourinvention. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the same; Fig. 3 is a broken offrear lview of the samewith the drop seat let down. Fig 4 is a brokenoli'rear view ofthe unionsuit as slit in the seat and legs `ready forhaving theV drop seat and its gussets secured thereto.' Fig. 5 is a planView of the smaller gusset. Fig. 6 is a plan view of the combined flapand larger gusset. Figs. 7, 8 and9 are broken olf views of the suit on aform showing the seat or flap let down, whilethe belt is drawn 'togetherin front, the iap closed while the belt is detached in front,. and theflap closed and the belt drawn taut at the front, respectively.

Our improvement is applicable to union' suits made yin any ordinarymanner from either woven orv knitted fabric. As shown our suit is madefrom knitted fabric which is first made into an ordinary union suitprovided with a s11t`or opening lnthe seat A edge edges free with aspecial form and is also slit from the crotchA down on 'the legs asillustrated in Fig. 4a If the suit isfashioned `knit the slit will havea selvage but/if i'r hemmed to p;operly finish the edges. In'- stead ofattaching ordinary laps to the edges of the material at the back' weleave the said suitable finish and provide of dropseat which is attachedas hereinafter describedf` .The drop seat 10 we prefer to make fashionedknit with swallow tail gusset points v11 at its lower end and we formthe junction 12 of the two points in the form of a curved loop a`s shownin Fig.,g6, instead of having thel as to enlarge the suit through the iscutl it may be bound orA 'at each end inner edges meet within an angle.Within the swallow tail we secure a smaller gusset 13 that comes to aprovided with a curved extension 14; on one edge of its middle portionas shown in Fig. 5. This smaller gusset 13 which is set in the crotch ofthe suit is preferably made of point at each end and heavy materialinstead of making it of two thicknesses asgussets for the seat havesometimes been made. After the Vdrop seat and gussets have been preparedas shown in Figs. 5 and 6 we secure the smaller gusset 13 withintheswallow tail points by securing the curved extension 14 and adjacentedges to the inner edges of the gusset points o f the .drop seat. Wethen secure the combined flap and gussets to the suit as prepared inFig. 4, by securing the inner edges to the edges of the slit in thedrawer legs as at 15, Figs. 1 and 3, and their outer edges to outside ofthe legs beyond the edges of the slit as at 16, Fig. 2 and securing theedges of theslit in the legs to the body of the gusset points as at 17,Fig. 2. The gussets as thus formed are made full` enough so crotch andseat at the front of the suit as well as at the rear, 'thus point wherethere is usually the most strain. By making the seam at the edges of thegussets with a curved extension of a loop form instead. of a straightseam at the crotch wel avoid any `possible cross strain that can pulllengthwise of the seam, whereby the strain cornes on the elastic body ofthe material and not directly upon an inelastic seam. We'thus avoidall-'liability of breaking the threads in this seam of the gusset.

At the upper edgeon'fl the drop seat We secure a short belt 18 andprovide the same with a button hole 19 for conthe buttons 20 on the suitnear necting--it to In order to make the upper edge the hips.

any" button directly at the back we provide the suit with beltextensions 21 secured by their ends to thel suit at each side, the button 20 herein before named being secured t'o the said ends. These beltextensions are provided with a plurality of .button holes by which theymay be secured to a central but' tonl 22 at the front for drawing theends giving ample room at the y of the drop'seat t the'back 'neatlywithout of the cornplete belt together to-make it taut and bring theupper edge of the drop seat closely within'the hollow'` of the back asshown in Fig. 9. When the belt is thus drawn taut to properly lit thewearer it is optional whetherhe will unbutton thebelt both in front andat the hips or at the hips only, when it is -desired to let down thedrop seat. l

I We claim as our invention v l. In a union suit having the back abovethe waist closed and below the Waist slit to form an opening and thelegs slit for the of the gussets extended across the crotch on a looplike curved line.

2. In a union suit having a drop seat, a short belt at the upper edge ofthe said seat with a button hole at each -end and a pair of beltextensions having take up devices at their front ends, and buttons tontheir opposite ends whereby the short belt at the upper edge of the dropseat may be connected with the said extension to form a complete belt.

3. In'a knit garment, a gusset embodied therein and having the generalform of a lozenge with a .rounded extension in the middle of 'its lengthat the junction of two side edges. f K- EDWARD H. DAVISON. EDWARD L.DUMMER.

Witnesses:

E. M. BRANDT, EMiL H. R. VoGEL.

